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Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Kachlon Rejects Sitting with Arab Party

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rejects B, B rejects C, and in the end no one can form a coalition.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Chabad / Israel Elections 5775

The Tefillin Day Campaign

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chabad will be running a special election day campaign.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Labor Party Prints Anti-Bibi Satire Newspaper

By Jewish Press News Desk

The paper presents the day after elections, as they wish to see it.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Senate Launches Bipartisan Investigation Of State Dept. Funding For Anti-Netanyahu Campaign

By JBN / Jewish Business News

Because of its tax-exempt status, OneVoice is legally prohibited to campaign against Netanyahu directly.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Understand Israeli Elections - Here's a Primer, Part 1

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Jews Split Down the Middle between Left and Right

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The election polls reflect the demographics of Israel, united by faith and divided by ideology and tradition.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

If Aryeh Deri Keeps His Word, Herzog Cannot Be Prime Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Shas chairman, the smartest politician in town, knows a coalition in the hand is better than one in the bush.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Aryeh Deri - I Will Only Support Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

Other recent statements by Aryeh Deri may have left voters confused about Deri's intentions.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Religion / Israel Elections 5775

Can Yachad Appeal to Women? 'Yes' Say Yachad Women Making Policy

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The "ultra right wing" Yachad party has women working on policy issues of economic importance to women.

Analysis / Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

A Coalition of Brothers

By Shalom Bear

We could see the Likud or the Zionist Union ending up as junior partners in a future coalition.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Yesh Atid - "Zero" Chance of Recommending Bibi

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yesh Atid along with Kulanu are key to forming the next coalition.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Moshe Kachlon Clarifies Leftwing Position

By Jewish Press News Desk

Another candidate and party that wants to give away Eretz Yisrael...

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Marzel: Let Zoabi Speak; the Left Tries to Stifle Free Speech, Not Me

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

He opposes socialism and capitalism, believes Judaism should guide those decisions, but welcomes anyone who does not want to kill Jews.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

GLZ Poll Puts Labor On Top - With a Coalition

By Jewish Press News Desk

The difference is significant enough in this poll, that the Left can finally form a coalition.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Wants Lieberman Arrested for Incitement

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Foreign Minister said Israeli Arabs who do not pledge loyalty to the country should be beheaded.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

i24 Poll Gives Likud 5 Seat Lead

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unless Bayit Yehudi builds up seats, a National Unity government is looking like a strong possibility.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media

'Zionist Camp' Invited High Schoolers to Pub

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The party headed by Herzog and Livni blamed the violation of the law on a "local" initiative.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Joint Arab Party Rejects "Zionist" Meretz Party as a Partner

By Shalom Bear

Meretz doesn't seem to understand the Arab sector whom they imagine to be their natural partners and allies.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Former Mossad Chief Outs Self at Political Rally

By Shalom Bear

Another ex-military chief openly joins the ranks of the left - another tired cliché.

Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Bedouin City Backs United Arab List

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A large turnout of Bedouin and Arab voters may make the United Arab List the third largest Knesset party.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Opposition Leader’s Speech Cut Off on TV as ‘Elections Propaganda’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s Channel 2 television network thought Herzog’s remarks constituted elections propaganda.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Gives Herzog-Livni 3-Seat Lead but no Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The anti-Bibi barrage last week cost him a grand total of two seats, which went to other parties but not to Bujie and Tzipi.

Israel / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Want to Tell the BibiCotters What You Think? Here's How You Can.

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Want to know who are the Bibicotters and how you can tell them what you think?

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Herzog-Livni Desperate in Face of Negative Polls

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Herzog, Livni and their media backers have thrown everything at Netanyahu. Voters are not impressed.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Poll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Left-Right division remains almost the same, but a National Unity government is also feasible.

Elections

Election Spotlights An Increasingly Vocal Israeli Christian Community

By Sean Savage

Israel is home to one of the few remaining growing Christian communities in the Middle East.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Watch "The Anglo Vote" Live

By Jewish Press Staff

LIVE - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 - Political candidates from the parties battle it out - in English - for your vote.

Special Features / Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Report on Housing Crisis to be Released Wednesday Night

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Comptroller and Ombudsman will release his report on the housing crisis at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. EST) Wednesday night. The report will cover the Olmert and Netanyahu administrations, letting Tzipi Livni and Yitzchak Herzog off the hook. They were Ministers of Housing in the Sharon government. The Likud party is concerned that the […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Product Promotion / Israel Elections 5775

Join us for "The Anglo Vote" Election Debate in Jerusalem [election]

By Jewish Press Staff

The evening begins with a dairy reception at 6:30 PM, and the conversations and debate begin at 7:30 PM.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israel Elections 5775

Likud and Bujie-Livni Use Stabbing Attack to Stab Each Other

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Everyone goes off the deep end and accuses the other of everything under the sun.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israel Elections 5775

Will Leftists Boycott Elections because Ballots Printed in Samaria?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the "Boycott Yesha" movement is true to its ideology, its cheerleaders won’t vote March 17.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

'Dump Bibi' Panting for Comptroller's Report on Housing Crisis

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman stated Sunday that it will release the report on the housing crisis before the elections and possibly by the end of the week. A decision on the exact date of relapse will be made in the next couple of days. Israel's anti-Netanyahu establishment media and the Herzog-Livni […]

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs

Obama Plotting to Undermine Netanyahu's Speech in Congress

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The president may schedule high-profile interviews while Netanyahu visits. Who, if anyone, will address AIPAC?

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Poll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Weather / Israel Elections 5775

Netanyahu Takes Credit for Heading 'War against Snow'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.

Israel / Elections / Israel Elections 5775

B'nei Akiva Demands Its Emissaries in the Diaspora Be Allowed to Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israelis working as emissaries for B'nei Akiva outside the country should be allowed to vote in next month's elections, World B'nei Akiva director Rabbi Noam Perl wrote Elections Committee chairman Judge Salim Jubran Wednesday. "The fact that the emissaries overseas work for Zionism and for the State of Israel cannot participate in the elections  is […]

Politics / Elections / News Briefs

High Court Rules Zoabi and Marzel Can Return to Election Race [election]

By Jewish Press News Desk

MK Hanin Zoabi of Balad and Baruch Marzel of Yachad are back in Israel's election race.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

The Voters' Prayer: May the Almighty Save Us from our Politicians

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Please pray for a full and speedy recovery to the People of Israel ben Sarah.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Supreme Court to Decide Next Week on Zoabi and Marzel's Eligibility

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Supreme Court will rule next week on appeals by Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi and Baruch Marzel to overturn the Elections Committee decision to bar them from running in the elections. One of the justices at the hearing Tuesday morning stated that the court generally does not get involved in politics, but there is a […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Keeps Rightwing Block in Lead

By Jewish Press News Desk

The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs

Poll: Americans Divided by Race and Party on Netanyahu in Congress

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A large plurality disapproves of the Congressional invitation to Netanyahu, but a majority thinks Obama should meet with him.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Elections Committee Narrowly Votes to Ban Marzel's Candidacy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Elections Committee tossed out Marzel hours after eliminating Arab MK Zoabi.

Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Election Committee Bars Arab MK Zoabi from Running for Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Clinton in Tough Spot Over Attending Bibi's Speech

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Will Clinton show for Bibi's speech? Warren's pro-Israel statements may play a role.

US / Politics / Government / Elections / Iran / News Briefs

Bibi Says: 'I am Going to Speak to Congress About the Bad Offer Made to Iran'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Bibi says US and partners already made very bad offer to Iran; he is going to DC to speak against it

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

V15 Campaign's Defense is Wrong: Its Positions More Radical than PA

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

V15's stated goals for the Middle East would result in the end of the Jewish State.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Gafni Says UTJ Will Only Go with Right

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gafni's position: The Left would give the Chareidim more money, but the Right allows more Judaism in the public schools.

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Germany / European Union

No White House Worries Over 'Election Proximity' with Herzog

By Rachel Levy

Top US leaders huddle with Israeli opposition candidate Isaac Herzog on sidelines of Munich security talks. Why no 'election proximity' worries?

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Bad News for the Left and Bayit Yehudi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The trend in the polls is clear - the next government will not be muscled by the left.

Government / Elections

Rave Reviews For Netanyahu’s 2011 Address To Congress

By Jason Maoz

Note also the response to the speech by the top Democrats in the House and Senate, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, both of whom have been outspoken in their criticism of Netanyahu’s upcoming visit.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

V-15 Activists in Israel Copy Obama's 2008 'Hope' Campaign

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When you try to find out what exactly the leftists want, there is not much of an answer.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Haaretz Poll Puts Bibi On Top, Yishai Finally In Too

By Jewish Press News Desk

Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Lieberman Crushes Labor Coalition Illusion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The barbed-wire political fence was more than Lieberman could stand.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Likud Charges Opponents with Illicit Funding Through US-backed V15

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Likud party members charge opponents with receiving illicit funds and violating Israeli election laws.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

MK Uri Orbach Still Very Unwell

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Prime Minister has declared Orbach temporarily absent from the Knesset for medical reasons.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman Finally Declares His Allegiances

By Shalom Bear

Avigdor Liberman finally declared his political allegiances without the semantic games and ambiguity.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs

State Dept. Says Taxpayers' Money not Used in V-15 Campaign

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US in November stopped funding a left-wing group that is helping to campaign against Netanyahu

Israel / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Sen. Cruz Asks if Obama Behind V-15 'Political Campaign against Netanyahu'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cruz and New York Rep. Zeldin complained to Kerry of Obama's "relentless harassment."

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Election Registration is Over

By Jewish Press News Desk

That's it. If you didn't register your party by now, you're not running for the upcoming Knesset elections.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Shows All Parties Going Full Blast in Neutral

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.

Government / Elections

Will Focus Of Israeli Elections Be Security Or Economy?

By dvora

It is also still not clear whether the main issue of the election will be security or economics.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

V15 - Look Who is Behind the New US Democratic-Style Campaign in Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Chicago-style campaigning lands in Israel. Who and what is running this "non-partisan" campaign? Paging Lois Lerner!

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Ma'agar Mochot Poll Introduces Game-Changer, Pulling Right

By Jewish Press News Desk

Eli Yishai's Yachad passing the electoral threshold is enough to change the game back.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Poll Puts Left in Charge

By Jewish Press News Desk

The united Arab list is enough to shift the balance of power.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Yesh Atid Announces Knesset List

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections....

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

A Yishai--Ben-Ari Mashup Would Hurt Bayit Yehudi, but No Mashup Will be Even Worse

By Jewish Press News Desk

The small right-wing parties will hurt their ideological allies and voters, unless they get past their egos and ideological perfectionism and help their side for a change.

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Time-Honored White House Diplomatic Traditions on Israel

By Rachel Levy

Strange. It wasn't considered as big a deal when it was Shimon Peres who was invited to the White House right before elections in '96.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Caroline Glick to be Offered Likud Spot

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu will reportedly be offering a spot on the Likud list to Caroline Glick.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Arabs Hate the Zionist Camp

By Shalom Bear

Apparently the Arabs believe that all these years they voted for Labor, they were not voting for a Zionist party.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

Likud pulls ahead, and quite incredibly Shas is making a comeback, but forming a coalition still depends on the small parties.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Arab Parties to Run Together as "The Joint List"

By Jewish Press News Desk

They were afraid they would not pass the electoral threshold running separately.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Herzog-Livni Drafts Potential Defense Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

The merged Labor party, AKA the "Zionist Camp" headed by Yitzchak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, has drafted former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin to fill its vacuum for a future Defense Minister if it forms the next government. Israel Radio (Voice of Israel) was quick to promote Yadlin Tuesday morning with soft-glove questions that allowed […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Liberman Reveals Yisrael Beytenu List -- Shamir Out, Perry In

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yisrael Beytenu introduced his list, and even added a native English speaker, even if he stuck him in an unrealistic spot.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Hotovely Wins 'Realistic Likud' Spot but Dichter not Giving Up

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The popular right-wing Knesset Member now is in the 20th place on the list of candidates.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Eli Yishai Wants Moshe Hager to Run in 'Yachad' Party

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The inclusion of Hager may help Yishai's party get enough voters to be elected to the Knesset.

Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Herzog-Livni 'Zionist Camp' Talked with Arab MK Tibi about Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Herzog-Livni gimmick of calling itself the "Zionist Camp" looks more absurd every day.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Minister Yair Shamir to Quit Yisrael Beiteinu

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shamir is quitting Avigdor Libermans' party, will he join the Likud?

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Weekend's Election Poll Results

By Jewish Press News Desk

Labor's up, Bayit Yehudi is up, but the Left-Right division remains about the same.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Anti-Bibi Media turn Four Election Polls into one Lie

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel TV and radio turned a one-seat improvement for Herzog-Livni into a major victory.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Recount Lifts Likud's Tzipi Hotovely into Almost Certain Re-Election

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Results of the recount are good news for the Likud and bad news for the Jewish Home party.

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